§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the(a) individuals and (b) organisations that have made representations requesting that council tax Band G be split into two new bands with consequential increases in the proportion of tax due for both the new band and the current Band H in order to reflect better the differential in value between lower bands; and if he will make a statement. [69998]
§ Ms ArmstrongAs part of our review of Local Government Finance last year, we invited views on the Telford and the Wrekin operation of the council tax.
Two councillors and the following organisations made representations requesting that Band G be split:
- Local Authorities (121 Authorities)
- Rother
- Harrow
- Reigate and Banstead
236 - Sutton
- Durham City
- Forest of Dean
- Mid Suffolk
- Wychavon
- Fenland
- Teesdale
- West Oxfordhire
- Ellesmere Port and Neston
- Hastings
- South Syropshire
- Wealden
- Harrogate
- Devon
- East Northamptonshire
- Staffordhsire
- Lewes
- Alnwick
- New Forest
- Bassetlaw
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Macclesfield
- Dacorum
- Dudley
- Castle Point
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Shepway
- North Norfolk
- Canterbury
- Eastleigh
- Walsall
- Oadby and Wigston
- Barrow-in-Furness
- Wigan
- Leicestershire
- East Hampshire
- Broxtowe
- Crawley
- Peterborough
- Craven
- East Staffordhire
- Warrington
- Warwickshire
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Cumbria
- Barnet
- West Dorset
- Telford and the Wrekin
- Southend-on-Sea
- Bolton
- Knowsley
- Fareham
- Gloucestershire
- Swindon
- Suffolk
237 - Ribble Valley
- Bradoford
- Staffordshire
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Amber Valley
- Wakefield
- Portsmouth
- Derby
- Newcastle upon Type
- Guildford
- Coventry
- Camden
- Calderdale
- Doncaster
- Birmingham
- Greewich
- Forest Heath
- Manchester
- Barnsley
- Bolsover
- Epping Forest
- Aylesbury Vale
- Luton
- Rochdale
- Torbay
- Northampton
- Wear Valley
- Bristol
- Barnsley Central
- Wyre Forest
- Exeter
- Tyne and Wear
- South Oxfordshire
- Ipswich
- Milton Keynes
- Leicester
- Durham County
- West Berkshire
- Dorset
- Gatehsead
- Braintree
- South Lakeland
- North Tyneside
- Allerdale
- Buckinghamshire
- Worcester
- Watford
- Lancashire
- Bury
- Elmbridge
- Liverepool
- Southwark
- Merton
- Sheffield
- Solihull
- St. Helens
- Boston
238 - Welwyn Hatfield
- Maidstone
- Rutland
- Local Authority Representative Organisations
- Society of Municipal Treasures
- Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities outside London
- Local Government Association
- South Yorkshire Districts
- Police Authorities
- Warwickshire Police Authority
- Lancashire Police Authority
- Parish Councils
- Broomley and Stocksfield Parish Council
- Voluntary Sector Organisations
- Age Concern
- Political Organisations
- Blackburn and Darwen Labour Gruoup
- Woodstock and District Labour Party
- Warwickshire Labour Party Group
- Liberal Democrats Group, Allerdale.
Three individuals and the following organisations made representation to retain the cuttent valuation bands:
- Local Authorities
- Rushcliffe
- Wandsworth
- Hampshire
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Restormel
- Redbridge
- Cheshire
- Isles of Scilly
- Rugby
- Lewisham
- Reading
- Others
- Local Government Research Unit, Wolvehampton
- Wolverhampton Conservative Group
We fully considered these representations along with others that we received and set our conclusions in the White Paper, Modern Local Government—"In Touch with the People". We explained that the council tax was generally working well and that we do not plan to make any fundamental changes to the council tax, or carry out a revaluation, during the course of this Parliament.